Chocolate Cream Cheese Danish

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By: Jill Mills Updated: Aug 25, 2024

There is nothing better than a Chocolate Cream Cheese Danish. Flaky puff pastry filled with sweetened cream cheese, chocolate chips and then topped with a delicious glaze.

The Best Chocolate Chip Danish Recipe

This chocolate danish recipe is always a huge hit for breakfast (or brunch) and is so simple to make! The cream cheese filling goes perfectly with the melted chocolate chips. This is a quick breakfast recipe that I like to make knowing everyone will love it.

Why You’ll Love This Chocolate Danish

• Quick and Easy – there is only 10 minutes of prep to make these delicious pastries.
• Versatile – any kind of chocolate can be added on top or fruit filling, etc…
• Made with easy ingredients: All of the ingredients in this danish recipe are both cheap AND easy to find.

Ingredients Needed

• Puff pastry – you will use the two sheets of pastry in the box.
• Cream cheese – softened to room temperature. Either regular full fat cream cheese or low fat can be used, but I do not recommend using fat free.
• Sugar – granulated sugar for the cream cheese mixture and powdered sugar for the glaze.
• Vanilla extract
• Chocolate chips – we use semi-sweet chocolate chips, but feel free to use milk chocolate or dark chocolate.
• Egg wash
• Heavy cream – for the glaze.

How To Make A Chocolate Cream Cheese Danish

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Unfold the puff pastry sheets and cut along the fold marks making 12 rectangles.
• Lightly score a guide about ¾ inch away from the edges.

• Combine the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract.
• Spoon the filling in the center of each pastry rectangle.
• Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
• Brush the egg wash around the border of the pastry.

• Bake for 18 minutes or until golden brown.
• Mix the glaze and drizzle over the danishes.

More Danish Recipes

• Apple Danish
• Raspberry Cream Cheese Crescent Ring
• Easy Cherry Danish
• Lemon Cream Cheese Danish
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Chocolate Cream Cheese Danishes

There is nothing better than a Chocolate Cream Cheese Danish. Flaky puff pastry filled with sweetened cream cheese, chocolate chips and then topped with a delicious glaze.

Servings: 12 servings

Prep: 20 minutes mins

Cook: 10 minutes mins

Total: 30 minutes mins

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Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 17.3 ounce puff pastry two sheets of pastry in the box, thawed according to package directions
• ▢ 6 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperature
• ▢ 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ 2 tablespoons water
• ▢ 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 2 tablespoons heavy cream

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Unfold the puff pastry sheets and lay out on a flat surface. Use a knife to cut along the fold marks to create three equal sized strips. Cut each strip in half to make a total of 12 rectangles.
• Arrange the puff pastry rectangles on a large, un-greased cookie sheet leaving at least 1 inch of space between each rectangle.
• With a paring knife, lightly score a border around the entire edge of each pastry rectangle, about ¾ inch away from the edge. Use a fork to poke a few holes into the center area of each pastry. This process allows the outside border to rise and puff up while the center stays shorter and holds the filling.
• In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract.
• Spoon equal amounts of the filling into the center of each pastry rectangle. Spread it onto the dough within the inside border. (This can look rustic and the filling does not need to be perfectly spread.)
• Sprinkle the semi-sweet chocolate chips on top of the cream cheese mixture.
• In a small bowl, beat the egg and water together.
• Use a pastry brush to apply a thin layer of the egg wash to the outside border of each pastry. Discard any leftover egg mixture.
• Bake the pastries at 400 degrees for 18 minutes, until the danishes are golden brown.

Glaze

• In a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar and heavy cream (milk can be substituted for cream but will make the frosting thinner). The consistency should be somewhat thick, but still thin enough to drizzle. If the consistency is too thick, add a little more cream; if too thin, add more powdered sugar.
• Cool the danishes on a baking rack for 10 minutes. Drizzle the frosting over the danishes.

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Nutrition

Calories: 354kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 155mg | Potassium: 93mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 255IU | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1.7mg

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